Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-12-08

-~'J - '.NN btehu ouu Sioiious tehe
to-day rs u nation we are strong anc
we'll able for self.defence and there Il
no fear from without; there is nc
danger from any foreign foe. but vel
the future OF our beloved country ID
not 80 bright as We could wish. There
are indeed dangers that threaten US,
and these come not from without, bul
from within.
In this county the people are SOW
ereign, and everything depends upor
the character of the people, upon theiI
intelligence and morality. II oul
American government perishes it vii
be like Rome, once mistress of tn,
world, from internal causes. and al
ready we know the elements OF des
truction are at work.
Our political sky may not yet b,
overcast with clouds but II require,
no prophets eye to discover the cloud
many times larger than Q mans hand
that Is rising and may yet become
black and threatening and burst In q
storm over our heads.
New York, Chicago and our larger
cities tonight slumber over volcano
and when New York becomes Lon
don In population, aud Chicago be-
comes . New York, this seething mass
Of political corruption 10 liable to burt
forth with terrific furry.
Already in the city Of Chicago we
have had some signs OF the
approaching storm. l know many
good people are very thankful that in
the case of the Chicago anarchists, the
msjesty Of the law was maintained,
and /, too, am thankful, but in the
trial and execution Of these enemies OF
good government, there is . solemn
lesson for every patriot. The trial has
brought to the surface. facts that are
alarming. A lady said to me last
week, Didn't you pity the families OF
those poor men in Chicago?" "Well," f"
l said, that l pitied tie families Of the
murdered policemen more" or course
the family or friends Of any con
demned murderer are to be pitied. but
law can not be main tanned, and protec-
tion to life and property secured, IL
sympathy is to control ussin our treat
ment Of our criminals. Good govern
ment can be maintained only when
the evil doer Is punished. l say IL is
no hopeful sign that thousands Of peo.
pie, through fear, or morbid sym.
pathy, signed petition for the par
don Of these anarchists. as desperate
foes TO our government as ever walked
upon its soil, and il is not q hopeful
fact either that the most foul-mouthed
rawlings were permitted at the funeral,
by the survivors of these anarchicsl
leaders.
Popular sovereignty and free gov
ernment are q reaction, or the out
growth Of monarchical despotism,
but liberty is not unbridled license
and free government 10 not for every
man TO do as he wills and pleases, un-
less he will and please to do right,
and respect the rights Of his fellow.
men. Free government, government
by the people, as well as monarchy is
government, all the same, and the
law breakers, or seditious person, must
be taken In hand by the government,
and held under the strong arm Of the
civil law. 1t is both just to him, and
an act Of mercy to the people, that lib.
erty, and in extreme cases, life be
taken from him, which he has for
feited by his crimes. When q fragrant
wroDg-doer is on trial at court Of jus
tice, 1t is no time for the exercise OF
sickly sentimental sympathy.
Sometimes, IL is necessary to ampu-
tate limb 10 order to save life. When
the surgeons place man on the oper-
ating table, IL is no kindness to him or
TO mis- friends, for him and them TO see
the operators overcome with sympa-
thy. When you sit in dent lists chair
you do not choose doctor that 10 all
sympathy, and that has no nerve, and
the mawkish sympathy, which we
often see exercised towards red.hand-
ed murderers, such ss the Chicago an
archists is dangerous to the peace and
welfare Of society. Our courts are not
to be places for the exercise Of human
revenge, neither Of a fiabby sentiment.
ality that would convert the assassin
and murderer into hero.
The careful observer Of events can
but notice that different elements are
at work, that are menscing TO the fu-
ture prosperity OF our country. 1t was
Garfleld's remark In time OF ma
tional danger. "God reigns. and the
government ut Washington still
lives.n And we may say on this
Thanksgiving Day, 1887, that "God
reigns," but whether the government
at Washington will still live, depends.
Il is consolation and assurance tha,
God in heaven does reign. The one
great danger to American society, ID